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Title: Large-amplitude easy-plane spin-orbit torque oscillators driven by out-of-plane spin current: A micromagnetic study
Award ID(s):
2236160 2003914 2236159 2105219
PAR ID:
10626064
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
American Physical Society
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Physical Review B
Volume:
111
Issue:
5
ISSN:
2469-9950; PRBMDO
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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